Law School

Ms Rose Foster

PhD Candidate
TC Beirne School of Law
Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
Rose Foster

Rose Foster completed her undergraduate studies at UQ in 2020 with a dual Bachelors of Arts/Laws (Honours). She has previously worked as a research assistant, in environmental law at the TC Beirne School of Law, and in environmental policy at UQ’s Centre for Policy Futures. At the Centre for Policy Futures, she has contributed to the Environment, Energy and Sustainability theme in relation to the Great Barrier Reef as part of the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program.

Rose commenced a PhD at the TC Beirne School of law in 2022. Her PhD investigates the legal factors affecting successful restoration efforts in the marine environment under climate change.

HDR project title: Legal challenges and opportunities for effective marine restoration in the Anthropocene

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Publications

Journal Articles (7)
Conference Paper (1)
Research Report (1)

Journal Articles

Atchison, Jennifer, Foster, Rose and Bell-James, Justine (2024). Blue carbon as just transition? A structured literature review. Global Sustainability, 7 e27. doi: 10.1017/sus.2024.24
Bell‐James, Justine, Foster, Rose, Frohlich, Miguel, Archibald, Carla, Benham, Claudia, Evans, Megan, Fidelman, Pedro, Morrison, Tiffany, Rolim Baggio, Liza, Billings, Peter and Shumway, Nicole (2024). Not all conservation “policy” is created equally: When does a policy give rise to legally binding obligations?. Conservation Letters, 17 (6) e13054. doi: 10.1111/conl.13054
Foster, Rose and Bell‐James, Justine (2024). Legal barriers and enablers to upscaling ecological restoration. Restoration Ecology, 32 (7) e14203. doi: 10.1111/rec.14203
Bell‐James, Justine, Foster, Rose and Shumway, Nicole (2023). The permitting process for marine and coastal restoration: A barrier to achieving global restoration targets?. Conservation Science and Practice, 5 (12) e13050. doi: 10.1111/csp2.13050
Shumway, Nicole, Foster, Rose, Head, Brian and Fidelman, Pedro (2023). Policy solutions needed for the future of coral reefs. BioScience, 73 (11), 1-3. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biad092
Shumway, Nicole, Bell-James, Justine, Fitzsimons, James A., Foster, Rose, Gillies, Chris and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2021). Policy solutions to facilitate restoration in coastal marine environments. Marine Policy, 134 104789, 104789. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104789
Bell-James, Justine, Boardman, Tessa and Foster, Rose (2020). Can’t see the (mangrove) forest for the trees: Trends in the legal and policy recognition of mangrove and coastal wetland ecosystem services in Australia. Ecosystem Services, 45 101148, 101148. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101148

Conference Paper

Bell-James, Justine, Foster, Rose and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2022). Key priorities for integrating coastal wetland ecosystem services into law and policy – results of an empirical study in Australia. Australian Mangrove and Saltmarsh Network Conference, Ballina, NSW, Australia, 4-7 October 2022.

Research Report

Franco, Isabel B., Fidelman, Pedro, Maher, Ray, Ritchie, Brent, Yarnold, Jennifer, Derbyshire, Ellen, Foster, Rose and Ulhmann, Kora (2021). The future of sustainability solutions. Conversation Series Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.